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TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST 



Pigeons are in large flocks in the market-place, where 

 they are fed by the market people, and are very tame. 

 They look like Eock Doves, they have two black bars on 

 the wings and white on the rump, and some appear some- 

 what larger than others. The white on the rmnp is 

 absent in some. 



Jackdaws and Eavens are common in the town. 



Magpies, which are not uncommon in the town, are 

 now being shot for feathers for ladies' hats in St. 

 Petersbourg. 



Marsh Tits are common. 



Eedpolls are not, apparently, so common as the last. 



Bullfinches are still less common, but may be more 

 abundant in the pine-woods. 



Waxwings. A peasant from Ijma brought some alive 

 to the town, and said they were amongst the first caught- 

 alive here. He wanted 8 roubles per pair, and of course 

 we did not buy. We are told that these birds remain up 

 to the end of November. 



White-winged Crossbills. The same peasant had also 

 two of these birds alive, and Piottuch has two. 



I got the following birds from Piottuch : — 



17s. 



The following is a rough calculation of our estimated 

 expenses out and back from Archangel. The items are 

 exactly calculated and a margin allowed besides : — 



